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Still, Chrétien is proud of how far he's come with his English.Hahahaha, that's great!
A unilingual Chrétien told his Shawinigan riding association in his first campaign 40 years ago that he would become bilingual within four years. He recalled years later of telling Pierre Trudeau of the promise.
Trudeau said to me, 'You never kept your promise.'
What a dilemma. It's easy to communicate with people around the planet, but even easier to avoid the person in front of the room.It's one of those comments you know are great because you've done it to others, and likely others have done it to you!
- Paul Gilster, The News & Observer
A new plague of inattention is spreading. It's called "surfer's voice" - a habit of half-heartedly talking to someone on the telephone while simultaneously surfing the Web, reading e-mail, or trading instant messages.Oh, and Happy American Thanksgiving!
- Dennis K. Berman, The Wall Street Journal
Road Runner is currently experiencing issues with the cable network. Subscribers in the affected area(s) may experience a loss of connectivity, usually indicated by flashing modem lights and/or a loss of video service. Our engineers are working quickly to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.I like the "Our engineers are working quickly to resolve this issue." Sheesh they're slow!
Well, sort of. Assuming that the only legal way to acquire mp3s is either to purchase them online or to rip your CDs, that leaves you with $1 a song (99 cents at iTunes or roughly $15 for the average 15 track CD). Now when you add the 40GB iPod's $500 cost, that leaves you with a $10,500 iPod! 10,000 songs, sure, whatever.